Economic and Political Determinants of Land Occupation in Basilicata

Marco Percoco

QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, 2014, issue 4

Abstract: An extensive literature has analyzed civil and ethnic wars in the developing countries, reaching the widely accepted conclusion that income inequality is among the most important determinants of social unrest. Relatively less attention has been devoted to peasant uprisings calling for the distribution of land, which also characterized Italy in the aftermath of World War II. This paper aims to analyze from an econometric perspective the occupation of land in Basilicata that occurred in 1949-1950. Our analysis shows that land inequality was an important determinant of occupation, together with the strength of the Communist Party, which acted as coordinator of the uprisings.

Keywords: Land distribution; Peasant riots; Local development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 O13 O17 Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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